How do I simply Transparent a TextBox in C# environment Visiual Studio 2013

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Posted 6-Mar-14 22:40pm

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Thomas Daniels 7-Mar-14 4:43am

Do you use Windows Forms, WPF or ASP.NET?

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leon de boer · Answer 1 · 2014-03-06T23:24:00

You can do it by inserting the following lines in the textbox constructor

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this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor, true);
this.BackColor = Color.Transparent;

You can also make a new partial class if you need to do it a lot the reference for that is here

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16050249/c-sharp-transparency-on-textbox[^]

Krunal Rohit · Answer 2 · 2014-03-07T05:39:00

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Try this.

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TextBox1.BackColor = Color.Transparent;

and yeah, look at this : Making Transparent Controls - No Flickering[^]

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Posted 7-Mar-14 5:39am

Krunal Rohit

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dinesh-solanki 24-Apr-18 4:04am

this gives exception : "control does not support transparent color"

Abhinav S · Answer 3 · 2014-03-07T06:14:00

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WPF - its much easier to do this.
Try
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/mahesh/building-transparent-controls-in-wpf/[^]
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LearningWPFWithBabySmashMakingATransparentWindowWithSubstance.aspx[^]

Posted 7-Mar-14 6:14am

Abhinav S

How do I simply Transparent a TextBox in C# environment Visiual Studio 2013

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